Where does “les” come from?

les (Middle English) comes from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

les (Middle English): false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie

Definitions

  1. false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie

Ancestry of “les”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
2Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “les”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *laus →Every word from Old English lēas →